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A Proposed Nomenclature for the Four Horseman of The Infocalypse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Mon Oct 4 17:08:06 2004
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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:14:30 -0400
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
I've been talking about this for the last decade, and never found a
reference on the web whenever I was thinking about it. Thanks to
Google, it was well within my prodigiously diminished attention span
this morning.
Given the events on the net over the past few years, I figure we
might as well have fun with the idea. Humor is good leverage, and
these days we need *lots* of leverage.
In arbitrary order (in other words, *I* chose it. :-)), and with
apologies to Toru Iwatani, by way of Michael Thomasson at
<http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/Pac-Man%20Ghosts.html>, here
it is:
A Proposed Nomenclature for the Four Horseman of The Infocalypse
Horseman Color Character Nickname
1 Terrorism Red Shadow "Blinky"
2 Narcotics Pink Speedy "Pinky"
3 Money Laundering Aqua Bashful "Inky"
4 Paedophilia Yellow Pokey "Clyde"
It is acceptable to refer to a horseman by any of the above, i.e.,
"Horseman No. 1", "The Red Horseman", "Shadow", or "Blinky".
Apparently there was a, um, pre-deceased, dark-blue ghost, used in
Japanese tournament play, named "Kinky", I leave that particular
horseman for quibblers.
Cheers,
RAH
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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